About the Program

EA SPORTS Madden NFL: Football by the Numbers is a middle school educational
program designed to harness students’ excitement about football to
engage them in key math and science concepts.

Educator Resources

Get your students in the game with Football By The Numbers' valuable resources.
Explore and apply STEAM concepts with NEW elementary classroom resources,
digital interactive and archived virtual fieldtrip.

Launch Madden NFL Interactive

EXPLORE. LEARN. PLAY: This game-play interactive puts you in the driver’s seat as you develop your team’s strategy and design the winning play. You’ll engage with key concepts in math and science as you work towards becoming the greatest coach in the game!

About The Program

EA SPORTS, Madden NFL, the NFL Players Association and Discovery Education are proud to partner on EA SPORTS Madden NFL: Football By The Numbers, an engaging educational program designed to harness students’ love for football to engage them in key math and science concepts.

LEARN STEAM concepts through the NEW lesson plan!

EXPLORE how data drives development of EA Sports Madden NFL with our NEW Virtual Field Trip. Now available for on-demand viewing!

PLAY the Digital Interactive and tackle the game-time decisions necessary to ensure success for your team.

Educator Resources

New

The EA Sports Madden NFL, NFLPA, and Discovery Education team invites your class to RUN the numbers, PASS the insights, and SCORE the skills needed to create the magic of Madden! Go behind-the-scenes of EA Sports to learn how DATA dominates video game development! In this numbers-driven VFT, your class can play along as we demystify data, draw insights, and spark students’ curiosity in STEAM. Tune in with your class to learn how:

Data collected from the NFL Combine's rookie event, from events like the 40-yard dash to the vertical jump, are used as inputs to create Madden NFL player rankings

EA Sports Madden NFL gathers thousands of data points on players - from their faces, to their gear, and more - to create the most realistic in-game experience

Launch Interactive

Presented with on-the-field scenarios and challenges faced by the NFL’s best players and coaches, it’s your job to make the informed, real-time decisions necessary to win the game! Design strategies for running the most effective play by using your math and science knowledge, and then it’s up to you to make the call. Get started

Family Resources

EA SPORTS, the NFL Players Association, and Discovery Education had so much fun bringing the excitement of Football By The Numbers and Washington Redskins football to Chantilly, VA!

Click here to see photo booth shots from this engaging, football-filled community night.

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NFL Teams and Players: Download The Football By The Numbers Toolkit filled with resources to promote STEM in your community.

This module is for educational purposes only and does not represent the gameplay experience of EA’s Madden NFL
products or services. The mark 'John Madden' and the name, likeness and other attributes of John Madden reproduced
on this product are trademarks or other intellectual property of Red Bear, Inc. or John Madden, are subject to license to Electronic
Arts Inc., and may not be otherwise used in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Red Bear or John Madden.